After 15 years teaching in UK state schools, David Didau is now a freelance trainer, education consultant, conference speaker, provocateur and writer. His award-winning blog, The Learning Spy, is one of most influential education blogs in the world and he is also the author of the best-selling books The Secret of Literacy, What If Everything You Knew About Education Was Wrong? and Making Kids Cleverer. He also co-wrote What Every Teacher Needs To Know About Psychology with Nick Rose. His training has been described variously as being "like bottled lightning", "throwing a grenade into a still pond" and "quite good".
